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  • Welcome to Jack Randall Photography & Video!

    Thank you for visiting our new home on the web. After 25 years of serving Orange County, we couldn't be more excited about our future. We have so many fresh ideas and new programs to implement. We're hoping this blog will be a place you visit often so that we can continue to share together those milestone events in your life and the moments that are "anything but ordinary."

  • Fundraisers

    Talk to us about a wonderful opportunity to raise money for your organization or school. We were recently successful in raising $10,000 during a single Fall fundraiser for Bernice Ayer Middle School. Let us do the same for you with our Family Portraiture Fundraiser program. To find out more, call our studio and ask for Leilani.

  • Weddings & Engagements

    We are currently scheduling engagement sessions for Summer weddings

  • Babies and Children

    We're looking for fresh faces to represent our new children's portraiture studio. We are creating marketing materials for our Ballerina Babies Limited Edition and need little girls from newborn to six to model our tutus. If you have a ballerina baby, please call us for a free session! We are especially looking for sisters.

The Bride Wore Boots

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Posted in Musings, bridal, brides, photography, weddings

While every bride wants to live “happily every after,” they don’t all want to be storybook princesses.  Take Gina for example, a natural beauty, who passed up the glass slippers and opted instead for pair of knee high, button front boots for her wedding day.  The bridesmaids followed suit while the groomsmen wore Converse Chucks. We love her for individuality and enjoyed the opportunity to capture her day as she made it her own.  Gina married her prince charming in her father’s vineyard and her personal touch was evident in all the details of the day.  From the hand painted signs to her unique bouquet, it was certainly a day to remember.  The images below were captured by John, my son and lead photographer.  They are contemporary and fresh, well composed and completely lovely.

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Beauty and Elegance

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Posted in Musings, The Grand Tradition Estate, bridal, brides, weddings

Nestled in the hills of Fallbrook is a place so lovely, so unique in its beauty, it will render you speechless.  It takes a while to take it all in, the elegant mansion, the heart-shaped lake with its graceful swans, the proud horse and stately carriage, and the gardens!  The gardens are phenomenal!  Hidden in an otherwise unremarkable area, is The Grand Tradition Estate, one of Southern California’s premier wedding venues.  As a preferred vendor, I have been here many times and it never fails to inspire me.  From my perspective as a wedding photographer, it offers endless opportunities for stunning images.  Last week, we were privileged to share in the joy of David & Tara’s wedding day at this gorgeous venue.  The estate and the grounds were surpassed in beauty only by the bride herself.  We think you’ll agree.  Congratulations David & Tara!  And thank you for sharing these moments with us.

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Castle by the Sea

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Posted in Musings, Villa Rockledge, anniversary sessions, bridal, brides, engagements, events, photography, weddings

When I was invited to photograph Villa Rockledge in Laguna Beach, I jumped at the chance.  I first toured the property sometime last month.  It was love at first sight.   Now open as a special event venue, Villa Rockledge is a six villa complex featuring a main house and private beach.  Built by Frank A. Miller and Arthur Benton, developer and architect of Southern California’s famous resort hotel the Mission Inn in Riverside, the estate was created as a gift to Miller’s wife, Marion and was completed in 1922.  Popular among Hollywood royalty, Bette Davis met her future husband here.  Today, almost 90 years later, the place still seethes with romance.  This castle by the sea offers open terraces with ocean vistas in all directions.   The interior glows as the sun shines in through casement windows and ironwork balconies.  The light here is beautiful.  Photographing this venue, is a photographer’s dream.  What a beautiful place for an intimate wedding ceremony!  (Special thanks to our models Stephanie Rodriguez and Michael Jakovich)

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Our Very Own “Runaway” Bride

Monday, June 28, 2010 Posted in Laguna Village, bridal, brides, photography, weddings

Unlike the runaway bride in the 1999 moving starring Julia Roberts, Erika has not left a string of fiances at the altar.  She did tie the knot with Larry and we were there to record the moment at one of our favorite venues, An All Inclusive Event at Laguna Village.  She’s our runaway bride for very different reasons.  This girl is on the move!  We were challenged with keeping up with her from the moment she finished getting ready until she arrived at her reception at Mozambique.  By the time we finished, I”m certain we must’ve covered several miles.  We should’ve all worn our tennis shoes!  But it was worth it and we would gladly do it all over again.  What a wonderful day!  What a beautiful bride!  And athletic too!

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Angels Stadium Session Knocks it Out of the Park

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Posted in Angel's Stadium Anaheim, Musings, anniversary sessions, brides, engagements, photography

I can’t tell you how excited my son John and I were to be shooting an engagement session at Angel’s Stadium in Anaheim.  John is a rabid Angel’s fame and this session would give us access to areas in the stadium where he had never been.  We don’t always shoot together as John usually shoots as the lead photographer on one of our teams but I knew there would be no way that I could take on this session without taking John.   Shooting at this venue was really a challenge as our time was limited and the place is just so big with many wonderful opportunities for memorable images.  Randy and Cindi were up to challenge though and we made the most of it, capturing the fun and romance of their relationship at Angel’s Stadium.   We would love to return and spend more time indulging our creative selves in this amazing place.  Any more Angel’s fans out there?  We’d like to talk to you!

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